CW 562 - Contemporary Fiction

A careful study of a range of important works by contemporary writers of novels and short stories with attention to thematic and formal analysis. Writers to be studied may include Martin Amis, Margaret Atwood, Michael Cunningham, Don DeLillo, Nadine Gordimer, Louise Erdrich, Carole Maso, Toni Morrison, Alice Munro, Joyce Carol Oates, and John Edgar Wideman.

Course credits: 3